Storm-sash hanger.



H. P. BENTON. STORM SASH HANGER. APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 27. 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

HARLAN P. BENTON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

STORM-SASH HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application iled `anuary 27, 1909. `Serial No. 474,423.

T all whom it 'may concern: i

Be it known that'l, HABLAN P. BENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in thev county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stern- Sash Hangers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable l0 others skilled in the art to which it .appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its especial object to provide an improved storm sash hanger, and to 'this end it consists of the novel devices Yand 1 5 combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, which illustrate. the invention, like characters indiente like parts throughout they several views. p

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view inv elevation looking at the outside oiA` a storm sash and showing the same connected to a window frame bya pair of my improved hangers; fli`igj2 is a vertical section taken on the line x2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detailed view in elevation showing one oi' the improved hangers and a portion oi' thestorm sash; F ig. 4 is a side elevation of the hanger shown` in Fig. 3; Fig. 5'is a detailed view showing some of the parts of the improved hanger; and Fig. 6 is a-vertical section taken on the line :r6 as of Fig. 4. y a

The window 'frame is indicated as an'entirety by the numeral 1 andthe upper and lower sliding sash are indicated, respectively, by the numerals 2 and 3. y

The numeral 4 indicates the storm sash."

Each hanger comprises a member 5 which is secured to the upper and inner side protions of the window frame 1 and a member 6 which is secured to the upper corners of the storm sash 4. Both of these members are preferably stamped from flat metal sheets,

but may be cast. Screws are referably 'i employed to connect the said mem `)ers 5 and 6, respectively, to the frame 1 and sash 4. The relatively -fiXed member 5 has an outwardlyl projecting upper arm 7 and an outwardly projecting lower arm 8, which latter is provided with an upwardly extended stoplug or linger 9. The upper end of the :top lug 9 is spaced outward from the outer end of the upper arm 7 so as to leave a narrow verticaly extendedv ventrance passage through which a projecting vertically elongated trunsash' is in a vertical or approximately vertical position.

To the upper arm 7 a lock dog 11 is pivoted by a screw 12, This lock dog is preferably incased by a metal shield 13, which, as shown, is attached to the said arm 7 by the screw 12. This shield protects the lock dog 11 from snow,`rain and dirt. Preferably a light spring 14-islapplied between the shield 1.3 and dog 11 and coperates with gravity to hold the free end of the dog in its lowermost position. The downward movement of the lock dog is, as shown, limited by the engagement of a flat surface 15 with one end of the case. The lowermost position of the lock dog is best shown in Figs. 4 and 5, by reference to which it will be seen that the said lock dog is provided with an inclined and rounded cam surface 16 that terminates in a lock shoulder 17 located slightly inward of the extreme free end of said lock dog.

The operation of the improved hangers applied as above described is as follows: The storni sash, while held in an approximately vertical position, is raised so that the elongated trunnions 10 will pass above the upper ends of the stop lugs 9, and then the said trunnions are lowered vertically through the passage between the said lugs 9 and the upper arms '7. Then the storm sash is 'drawn or moved inward, forcing the trunnions 10 laterally in the channels between the arms 7 and 8, under which movement the said trunnions will engage the surfaces 16 of the lock dogs 11 and force. the. same upward. When the trun' nions reach their extreme osition, shown by full lines in Fig. 4, the -locli dogs will dro to their operative positions and their shoul ers 17 will engage the upper edged portions of said trunnions and thus hold the same against lateral outward movement. This secures the upper edge of the storm sash in its properly seated position, but permits the sash to be swung from its closed position ap proiniately into thc position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 without releasing the trunnions 10 from the cooperating lock dogs. When, however, the storm sash is swung outwardfpsoas to throw the trunnions 10 into the eXtreme angular osition shown in Fig. sage formed between said'stop lug and Lipper 5, the upper end of t ie storm sash may be forced outward and the trunnions caused to move into alinement with the passages between the stop lugs 9 and arms 7. This being done, and the sash being swung approximately into a vertical position, it may be easily detached by moving the trunnions 10 edgewise vertically upward through the said entrance passages. These hangers, therefore, adapt the storm sash to be easily hung (r detached from the inner side of the win- The stop lugs 9 are highly important because they prevent a storm sash from being blown or accidentally detached even if they should become disconnected from the lock dogs or from any other means relied upon to i hold the trunnions in their innermostJ positions. Also independently of these stop lu s, the yielding spring pressed or yieldingly he d lock dogs are important because they permit the storm sash to be applied while in approximately a vertical position.

The hanger above described may be constructed at comparatively small cost and in actual practice has been found highly elficient for the urposes had in view.

In Fig. 2 tlie storm sash is shown as held in its o en dotted line position by a link 18, which, liowever, forms no part of my present invention. f

, From what has been said it will be under-A stood that the improved hanger above described is not limited'to the precise construction shown in the drawings and, on the contrary, is capable of modification within the p sco e of my invention.

*hat I claim is: l. `In a sash hanger, the combination with a member having outwardly projecting upper and lower arms, the latter having an upwardly extended stop lug spaced outward from the end oi" said upper arm, of a coperating member having a trunnion insertible between said arms through the entrance pasl l i l i l 1 l arm.

2. lny a sash hanger, the combination with a member provided with outwardly extended upper and lower arms, the latter having an upwardly projecting stop lug spaced outward from thefend of said upper arm, of a lockdog mounted on said upper arm, and a cooperating member having an elongai ed trunnion movable edgewise through the entrance passage formed between said lug and the outer end of' said upper arm and movable laterally between said arms, said dog serving to hold thelsaid trunnions in operative position except when moved to a predetermined angle in respect thereto.

3. A sash hanger comprising two members, one having a trunnion supporting -arm and the other a trunnion engaging lock dog and the other member havin an elongated trunnion adapted to rest upon said supporting arm and to be engaged and held in operative position by said lock dog but to be released from said lock dog when moved to a predetermined angular position in respect thereto.

4. The combination with a window gnature Witnesses:

ALICE V. SwANsoN, HARRY, D. KILGonE.

frame i and a sash, of a pair of hangers for said sash, 

